Candy, Ronnie, and Kiki were coming out of their classes when they came across a poster for Bennie's band, "Bennie And The Jets". Candy remembered their gigs at The Blue Skillet, "Nobody does live gigs anymore" Candy said, "And this is going to be the first anniversary of my brother's band"

"The Blue Skillet." Kiki asked, "I know that diner, it's where my mom and I go to for their special pancakes."

"We should go there," Candy said, "What day is the concert."

Kiki quickly took a look at the poster for the date of the gig, "It says this Saturday" Kiki answered, "Let's do it."

At dinner, Davina fixed up some spaghetti and meatballs with extra oregano, "This was a special recipe a special friend made for us"

"Davina" Aunt Regina corrected, "Her mom created the recipe, she always adds oregano and garlic to all of her recipes, says that it scares vampires."

"Her mom and her paranoia" Aunt Davina replied, "Candy and Ronnie have you seen them yet, they're so faced out."

"Benny and The Jets," asked Ronnie, "We're weird and wonderful"

"Yeah" Bennie nervously said, "There's something I have to tell you, The Blue Skillet doesn't seem to like us."

"I must warn you girls," Aunt Regina said, "The first gig at The Blue Skillet was a bit of a rocky start."

Candy and Ronnie were both confused on what Aunt Regina meant by, "Rocky Start".

Saturday came, The Cherrys and Kiki arrived at a 1950s diner with numerous blue neon sign. Out of nowhere, a green roadster with jet patterns came in. "Be careful?" said the African-American boy wearing a blue leather jacket, "We just did the paint job."

"Dawson My Man" shouted Bennie as he high fived his best friend, "And you brought The Ellery Twins"

Inside The Blue Skillet, they started pulling pranks. Dakota placed hot sauce onto the trucker's burger. The trucker took a bite of the burger and he was burning, "MILK! MILK!"

Dana made the sign that says, "Diner" and "Public Restrooms" and swap the locations, confusing a group of hungry customers.

and Dawson placed kick me pranks on all the waiters, "Hey there Greasy Reid" Dawson said to a hefty cook, "How's The Blue Skillet doing."

As they did a handshake, Greasy Reid started shaking, meaning one thing, "The old joy buzzer trick." Greasy Reid said, "Bennie you're keen"

"I swear," Aunt Regina said, "Every time they come here, they pull practical jokes on all my customers."

"Their weird and wonderful," Aunt Davina told her wife, "Even Greasy seems to like their pranks."

On the stage, Greasy Reid got out his ukelele while performing Someday Out Of The Blue, "Hey kids, shake it loose together" shouted Greasy Reid, " The spotlight's hitting something that's been known to change the weather. Bennie and The Jets will be up momentarily. In the meantime Greasy Reid here will perform his latest Elton John hits ukelele style."

The patrons at the diner started to boo at Greasy Reid for his lousy performance. Kiki knew that the gig would be ruined if they keep up with their pranks. This is when Candy got an idea, "Why don't we use our imagination" asked Candy"

"Imagination," Kiki asked.

"That's what I do to get out of trouble" Candy explained, "Let's imagine this place is 1957, the same year that The Blue Skillet first opened."

In their imagination, the entire place turned into a 1950s version of the diner. Everyone was wearing poodle skirts, leatherman jackets, and saddle shoes. At the door, Bennie and The Jets arrived, "B-B-B-Bennie and the Jets" shouted a girl, "Oh, but they're weird and they're wonderful"

By a telephone, Dana, Dakota and Dawson started dialing a number for Lott's Realty, "Hey," Dawson said on the "Is your refrigerator of Queen Isabellas In A Cans running?"

"What," Mr. Lott said on the other lines, "I rarely eat those."

"Well, you better catch them and let them out." Dawson replied on the other line."

Everyone started to laugh at the practical joke, except for Candy and Kiki. "Well that was rude of them to pull that prank call on Mr. Lott," Kiki said.

"They didn't have Caller ID in the 1950s" Candy explained, "So they can get to do all the prank calls they want."

"Hey kids, plug into the faithless" shouted Aunt Regina while dressed in 1950s cop getup, "Maybe they're blinded, but Bennie makes them ageless"

"And y'all should be at home studying and doing your chores before you have your chocolate malts." Aunt Davina said while coming up in cop apparel.

All the teenagers barged out of The Blue Skillet while Candy and Kiki hid by a 1950s Cadillac. That's when Bennie found them underneath.

Back in the real world, they saw Bennie, Dakota, Dawson, and Dana staring at them. "Bennie" Candy said to her brother, "I need to ask, why do you pull pranks here?"

"Because of what we did during our first gig" Bennie explained, "The previous manager was very rude to us and called out music trash. I got so mad I tossed a cheeseburger at him. That's when we caused a food fight.

"You know revenge never solves anything," Kiki said,

"I know" Bennie replied, "But other workers were complaining about the previous manager's rude behavior."

"So that's what they meant by "Rocky Start," Candy said, "Bennie and The Jets keep playing pranks on the patrons."

"And their pranks are the best I've ever seen" Greasy Reid said as he came up with lemonade for Candy and Kiki, "Greasy Reid," said Kiki "You were okay with this.

"That's right" Greasy Reid explained, "My former boss was the fourth manager to own The Blue Skillet, after 30 years of running the diner, he decided to retire and move to Hawaii, leaving me the manager. After their pranks."

"You always made the best pancakes" "You'd even gave me free pancakes on my sixth birthday."

Bennie and The Jets decided to stop with the pranks and get to their positions. One by one, the band members got to their stations, Bennie got to his guitar, Dana got on bass, Dawson got on drums, and Dakota got to her keyboard.

Greasy Reid came up on stage to announce the band, "He's got electric boots, a mohair suit, you know I read it in a magazine," shouted Greasy Reid on the microphone, "B-B-B-Bennie and the Jets"

When Monday came, Kiki and Candy told them about their experience at The Blue Skillet for their music class with Mr. Otto. Mr. Otto was an elderly African-American, "Nicely done girls" "No wonder Mrs. Gauer's class picked you two as class representatives."

"Of course Mr. Otto" Kiki said to him, "Not because our parents are faculty members, but we stay true to ourselves."

Both Kiki and Francesca did a little handshake.

In the class, Alice just stares at them in anger, "Showing some dumb 1950s facts about The Blue Skillet" she growled to herself., "I always end up getting food all over me thanks to those clumsy waiters"

By the door, Dawson came to the door, "Hey Gramps" he said, "You forgot your pills again."

"Your the best grandson that I could ask for" Mr. Otto replied as he patted his head, "

"Grandson" Kiki asked, "I thought you were being sarcastic, teenagers love to be sarcastic."

"That's me" Dawson replied, "Dawson Otto, third-generation RDA student."

"And I almost forgot," Mr. Otto said as he handed out some papers, "The homework assignment I'm supposed to give you guys on poetry and rhyming."

"What" Alice replied, "Homework on something small? Why did I ever get to take music lessons with an old bag?"

"Because you wanted to get better at piano" Mr. Otto answered, "Your parents are concern about your piano skills."

The End.